Drop a spouse and drop some pounds

Percentage of divorced Americans who report losing weight during or right after a divorce, according to a study by divorce360.com: 36

Percentage who changed jobs or got a new job: 33

Percentage who bought a car: 30

Percentage who bought furniture: 28

Source: divorce360.com.

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Average number of hours that Americans are putting in at work each day, according to NSF's 2008 Sleep in America poll: 9.5

Estimated number of hours of additional work they do at home: 4.5

Percentage of those surveyed who say they only get a good night's sleep a few nights per month: 32

Source: National Sleep Foundation.

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Percentage of open positions in 2007 that were filled by internal movement, according to CareerXroads Annual Sources of Hire Study: 30

Percentage of all external hires that were made based on referrals: 28.7

Percentage of external hires that were attributed to job boards: 25.7

Percentage of hires that were made from traditional print sources: 5

Source: CareerXroads.

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Percentage of female middle managers who aspire to senior level positions, according to a Hudson research study: 77

Estimated percentage of women who ever achieve that goal: 25

Source: Hudson.

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Ranks of London, New York and Moscow as the world's most expensive cities for residential apartment buyers, according a survey by the Global Property Guide: 1, 2, 3